Winners of the Silver Falchion and the Readers’ Choice Awards were announced at the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, TN on August 26. They cover the spectrum of popular literature; here are the winners in the categories of genre interest.
2017 SILVER FALCHION AWARD WINNERS
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Mystery/Thriller
- James Hannibal, The Lost Property Office
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Horror/Fantasy
- David Neilsen, Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror/Fantasy
- Andrew Peters, The City of Seven Gods
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Children’s
- Delia Sherman, The Evil Wizard Smallbone
2017 KILLER NASHVILLE READER’S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror
- Eric Gardner, Awakening
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Fantasy / Sci-Fi
- Barbara Barnett, The Apothecary’s Curse
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Children’s
- Janice Petri, Something’s Tuggin on my Claw
How the winners are determined
SILVER FALCHION. All entries to the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award go through multiple rounds of judging that are performed by a collective of industry peers—writers, editors, agents, reviewers, etc. Each title is assigned a numerical score addressing multiple elements present within the submitted work. Scores are averaged together and the best-performing works move on to the next round of judging. This process is repeated until the judges are able to determine finalists and definitive winners in each respective category
READER’S CHOICE. The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award is given to the author who receives the most votes for his/her title. Voting is done online and is open to everyone. By submitting to the Silver Falchion Award competition, authors are automatically placed in the Reader’s Choice Award contest, as well.